The Kwara United Sentinel
The terraces5 Feb 2029
Supporters organise against the Kwara United board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Match3 Feb 2029
9 matches without a win for Kwara United
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Kwara United are no longer polite ones.
Match31 Jan 2029
The small margins put Kwara United out
Out, 1‑2 to Barau, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
No sign of nerves from Ahmed Olamilekan at 20 — 7.71
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ahmed Olamilekan did not need any: 7.71, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
Wilfred Ogunjobi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Kwara United close the window on a squad of their own making
5 in and 2 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Kwara United
Jerry Alex was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets5 Feb 2029
Warri Wolves tell Kwara United: Ugochukwu David is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Junior Aimufua falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Transfer targets Akpan Nsikak-Abong stays at Kun Khalifat as time runs out
- Squad Somtochuwku Ezenabo is the division's best young player this month
- Squad Aboubacar Camara signs on for more